1998 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 1998 throughout the world.

Events

*1998 FIFA World Cup – France wins 3–0 over Brazil in Saint-Denis, France, winning their first cup. More than one million delirious fans jammed the Champs-Élysées, dancing through the night.
*UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid won 1–0 in the final against Juventus. This was Real Madrid's seventh European Cup title.
*Copa Libertadores 1998: Won by Vasco da Gama after defeating Barcelona SC on an aggregate score of 4–1.
*UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: Chelsea beat VfB Stuttgart 1–0 in the final, winning the Cup for the second time.
*UEFA Cup: Inter Milan won 3–0 in the final against Lazio. This was Inter's third UEFA Cup title.
*UEFA Super Cup: Chelsea beat Real Madrid 1–0, winning the cup for the first time.
*England:
**FA Premier League Champions: Arsenal.
*February 17 – Manchester City fires manager Frank Clark and appoints Joe Royle as his successor.
*May 16 – Arsenal beats Newcastle United 2–0 to win the FA Cup, achieving The Double.
*August 16 – PSV wins the Johan Cruyff Shield, the annual opening of the new season in the Eredivisie, by a 2–0 win over Ajax in the Amsterdam Arena.
*September 17 – Heerenveen makes a winning European debut after defeating Poland's Amica Wronki (3–1) in the first round of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
*October 8 – Manager Artur Jorge resigns at Dutch club Vitesse and is succeeded by Herbert Neumann.
*October 10 – Frank Rijkaard makes his debut as the manager of the Netherlands national team, as the successor of Guus Hiddink, with a 2–0 friendly win over Peru in Eindhoven from Heerenveen.
*December 1 – Real Madrid wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo by defeating Brazil's Vasco da Gama: 2–1. The winning goal for the Spaniards is scored by Raúl in the 83rd minute.
*December 7 – Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam fires manager Hans van der Zee. He is replaced by Jan Everse on December 24.

Winner national club championships

Asia

* – Esteghlal FC
* – Kashima Antlers
* – Al-Ittihad
* - Suwon Bluewings
* - Sinthana F.C.

Europe

* Croatia – Croatia Zagreb
* – Arsenal
* – Lens
* – 1. FC Kaiserslautern
* – Újpest
* – Juventus
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** Eredivisie – Ajax
** Eerste Divisie – AZ
* – ŁKS Łódź
* – Porto
* – Celtic
* – Barcelona
* – AIK
* – Galatasaray
* FR Yugoslavia – Obilić

North America

* – St. Catharines Wolves ( CPSL)
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**Verano – Toluca
**Invierno – Necaxa
* – Chicago Fire (MLS)

South America

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**Clausura – Vélez Sársfield
**Apertura – Boca Juniors
* – Blooming
* – Corinthians
* – Colo-Colo
* – LDU Quito
* – Olimpia Asunción
* – Universitario de Deportes

International tournaments

* African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso (February 7 – 28 1998)
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* Baltic Cup (April 21 – June 25, 1998)
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* FIFA World Cup in France (June 10 – July 12, 1998)
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National team results

Europe

South America

:''The men's national senior squad didn't play any matches in 1998''

Births

* January 2 – Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Dutch footballer
* January 3 – Patrick Cutrone, Italian footballer
* January 5 – Carles Aleñá, Spanish footballer
* January 8 – Manuel Locatelli, Italian footballer
* January 11 – Salih Özcan, German midfielder
* January 16 – Odsonne Édouard, French footballer
* January 21 – Borna Sosa, Croatian youth international
* February 3 – Blás Riveros, Paraguayan footballer
* February 10 – Aitor Buñuel, Spanish footballer
* February 17 – Todd Cantwell, English footballer
* March 10 – Matías Zaracho, Argentinian footballer
* March 28 – Sandi Lovric, Austrian footballer
* March 31
** Lucian Oprea, Romanian soccer player
** Hristiyan Iliev, Bulgarian soccer player
* May 7 – Dani Olmo, Spanish footballer
* May 8 – Johannes Eggestein, German footballer
* May 11 – Fran Villalba, Spanish footballer
* May 23
**Ross Cunningham, Scottish footballer
**Luca De La Torre, American footballer
** Berat Özdemir, Turkish footballer
* June 1 – Branimir Kalaica, Croatian footballer
* June 22 – Javairô Dilrosun, Dutch footballer
* June 28 – Óscar Rodríguez Arnaiz, Spanish footballer
* June 30
** Tom Davies, English footballer
** Houssem Aouar, French footballer
* July 8 – Yann Karamoh, French footballer
* September 1 – Emily Condon, Australian footballer
* September 19 – Jacob Bruun Larsen, Danish footballer
* October 27 – Dayot Upamecano, French footballer
* November 12 – Jules Koundé, French footballer
* November 24 – Muhammad Rafli, Indonesian footballer
* December 18 – Calvin Stengs, Dutch footballer

Deaths

May

* May 2 – Justin Fashanu (38), English footballer and the first professional footballer to come out as gay

June

* June 4 – Miguel Montuori (65), Argentinian-Chilean footballer
* June 13 – Fernand Sastre (74), French footballer

July

* July 13 – Pierre Garonnaire (82), French footballer

August

* August 6 – Henk Bosveld (57), Dutch footballer

September

* September 2 – Jackie Blanchflower (65), Northern Irish footballer
* September 23 – Héctor Vilches, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 World Cup. (88)

References

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